My wife Gladys wanted a Mac a couple years ago. I said I don't know them well enough to support it for her (I've done a lot of tech support for PCs). We also had tons of PC software that wouldn't be compatible, so we'd be starting from scratch. She said she didn't care, she only wanted a Mac.
All the software I was concerned about missing was immediately replaced by great free, often open-source offerings for Mac. I found her doing video editing and presentation stuff that I had been struggling unsuccessfully with for years on the PC with purchased software. She said, "What, like it's hard?"
The support I had been regularly providing on the PC problems weren't even needed on the Mac. It was such an effortless joy to use, pretty soon I had to get one myself
My dad used to call me several times a week for tech support on his PCs. I convinced him to get a Mac, and I haven't heard a peep from him about computer problems in over a year. With the value of the time I've saved not chasing his Windows issues, I could have just bought him the Mac myself. I feel like I got my life back.
Sure, the PC's are cheaper. But the Mac more than pays for itself in time saved because everything just works.
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